CLASS NOTES the hospital Ellen works at in Vancouver (and is now doing well!). Ellen was also in touch with Jeff Aliber, and had dinner with Helen Coons ’76, who seems to be enjoying the Denver lifestyle. • Joanie Kaplan Williams opened their first assisted living community in Lake Nona (Orlando), Fla., of which 50 percent of the units are leased after less than two months. “It is so rewarding to see our very happy residents who came to Watercrest of Lake Nona to live, not to die,” says Joanie. “We have three others under construction, and three more breaking ground by February.” • Peter Leberman has joined Upton & Hatfield with more than 30 years of legal service in New Hampshire, and most recently as vice president and general counsel at Northeast Delta Dental. Peter focuses on counseling forprofit and not-for-profit businesses and health care providers and insurers. • Anne Howson: “This summer I met up with John Spence and Pamela Watson-Hogan for a fun dinner in Central Square, Cambridge, Mass. John was in town to visit his family, and Pamela came in from her home outside Boston. Both are doing well! Over a vegetarian meal, we practiced cell phone photography skills amid much hilarity. On Thanksgiving, I was cheered by the presence of David Allen and his family in Brookline, Mass.: wife Holly Allen ’74, son Richard, and daughter Page. Page lives in Massachusetts, Richard in New York City, and Holly and David visit extended family in Massachusetts and Vermont for the holidays. Always a great time with this family — banter, biting wit, and buffoonery each time we meet!” • For most outgoing energy and positive outlook, Jeff Aliber definitely garners the 2015 award for “NMH ’77 Alumni Man About Town.” He connected with classmates Ellen Balka and Grace Mauzy earlier in 2015; me in November for dinner in Boston to catch up on life; and Sophia Severino at Logan Airport during her flight layover in December. And likely a host of additional classmates whose names were not available at press time!
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Northfield Mount Hermon Carrie Niederman thedoc@txequinedentist.com • Cathy Abraham Hopkins cathy.hopkins@gmail.com
Chris Crowder’s daughter, Laine, is in her freshman year at Santa Clara and loving the West Coast setting and weather. Son Tyler is in his second year at Hobart and seems intent on a high school teaching career — and so far his student teaching experience hasn’t discouraged that! “My wife (Nuan) and I are adjusting to different noise and activity levels as ‘practicing’ empty nesters. Having said that, with three active dogs, it’s never really that quiet,” writes Chris. He and his family spent Christmas and New Year’s in Australia. • Linda Gay Lawhead writes, “My family has been living in southern Illinois (near St. Louis) since 1989. My husband, Larry, and I have two daughters,
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one son, and two beautiful grandchildren (one girl, one boy). I stay busy with church and community activities as well as quilting, crafting, and baking. I regret my last visit to campus was in 1988!” Please consider coming back for our 40th reunion in 2018, Linda! You’ll pick up where you left off! • Finally, I’m going to report on an epic minireunion that Beth Graden Rom and I hosted in Niagaraon-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada, for the usual and not-so-usual suspects in October 2015. Colleen Cunningham Johns, Lisa GlovskyZeien, Ellen Sennott McGillivray, and Beth came up to stay at my place a day early and did the Maid-of-the-Mist and lunch at Niagara Falls before preparing for our friends’ arrivals. We were joined by Erika Monsees McCormick, Cami Miller Beckman, Wendy Mauser Moores ’79, Kyle Warendorf, Dan Genis (who flew himself and Dave Paiken), and from farthest afield, Hirath Ghori. These men are brave souls! We truly picked up where we left off, and it was a beautiful and memorable couple of days together. In addition to some wonderful food and shopping, we did a raucous Yankee Swap, Dave and Colleen won the wine-tasting quiz, and we can now all open a bottle of bubbly with a saber!
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Northfield Mount Hermon Paige Relyea Lehman Paigerelyea@Yahoo.com • Cary Liebowitz Bonosevich Bonosevich@Hotmail.com
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Northfield Mount Hermon Jack Farrell jack@jackfarrell.org • Antony Pang aa1105@yahoo.com • Lynelle Kucharski lynelle@lynellekucharski.com • Kristin Kellom kkellom@nmhschool.org
From Kristin: As I write this, we are about to ring out 2015 and ring in 2016. When you read this, it will be nearly a year since our 35th reunion…already! At reunion we promised to keep getting together with minireunions scattered about the country. We have been good at keeping our commitment, and by November 2015 had held two such gatherings. • Sue Gibbs generously hosted a minireunion in Washington D.C., and Chris Lindstrom Schaeffer did an excellent job at getting the word out and keeping track of the RSVP list. Those who attended the September 11 gathering were: Sarah Browning, Jae So, Lee Coykendall, Karen Lange, Cab Dempsey, Kit Crawford Arthur, Lydia Perry Schodel, Peter Weis ’78, Abby Millager, and Henry Wooster, and of course, Chris and Sue. Phil Schoenfeld expressed regrets for not being able to attend. • Catherine “Cuppy” Howe Gordon and her husband, Dick Gordon, also generously offered to host a minireunion at their home in Wellesley, Mass. Cuppy and Kristin Kellom coordinated the event, which was held on November 16.
The response was great, and underscored how much interest there is for these types of events and for the opportunity to stay connected or get re-connected. Classmates Bill Perrin and Jack Melanson with wife Lisa (also current parents) traveled a good two hours from Maine to be there. Also in attendance: Bob Gibson, Mitzi Fennel, Mike Griffin, Neal Monagle, Adrienne Talamas, Anne Shepard, Julie Taub Vogel, Kristen Lofgren Dennison, and Jeff Leyden. A number of us had not seen each other since commencement in June 1980! Unable to make it at the literal last minute were Sue and Jim Mulholland, Jen Donham Wells, and Beth Perry. We had also hoped that Mary and Jay Barry might be able to make the trip from Connecticut, though it would have been a distance to travel. Dick and Cuppy were terrific hosts, and Cuppy went the extra mile to track down and invite classmates whom we’d not seen for decades. Special thanks to Mitzi, who helped get us moving and offered support for planning our first Boston-area minireunion! Please accept my apologies if I have inadvertently missed anyone on these guest lists. • Apparently, I did miss seeing Laura Oot-Sheridan, who returned to run the Pie Race. Viva Hardigg also ran the Pie, and it was fun to see her back on campus. Hanif Moledina also returned to campus in August while his daughter was enrolled in Summer Session. • Jeff Leyden travels frequently for NMH and catches up with classmates while on the road, and visited Elisabeth Carter in Boston and Stephanie Ackler in New York City. Head of School Peter Fayroian also happily visits with ’80 classmates when he travels, and he spent time with Nick Chinlund when he was in Los Angeles last November. • Kristin Kellom doesn’t get on the road so much, but hopes to soon see Melanie Calitri Holden and Mara Keggi Ford. While in Tennessee during the summer, she passed mighty close to Liz West Blakely, but was unable to stop by. Other classmates who remain in touch are John Mason, Amelia Maloney (who spends many hours volunteering her time for NMH and currently serves on the NMH Parents Council along with her husband, Dave DeHerdt), and Carol Abizaid, whose daughter is at NMH. • Please stay connected, please attend a class minireunion if one is near you, or consider hosting one, and please support the school that has meant so much to so many of us. Wishing all of you health and happiness in 2016!
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Northfield Mount Hermon Frank Chandler frankchandler1@verizon.net • Marina Colman marinacolman727@yahoo.com • Lilian Blacken Hannapel lilhannapel@gmail.com • Class of ’81 Website: www.nmh81.us
From Frank Chandler: Let’s start with a big hello to the best group of folks I know…you!